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N-FEER. PHOTD-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C.

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Machine forAttaohng Buttons to Sale` Cards.

No.. 224,583.` Patented Feb. 17, 1880.

N-PEIERS.PMoTb-LITHOGRAPHEH. WASHINGTON. D C4 6 sheets-'sheet 3.

- t Paw. CLOUGH. Machine for Attaching Buttons to Sale Cards,

No. 224,583. t Patented Feb. 17, |880.

6 Sheets--Shet 4. F. W. GLOUGH.. Machine for Attaching Buttons to Sale Cards.

No. 224,583. Patented Fb. 17,1880.

MFETERS. PMDTD-UTHOGRAPHER. wASMlNGTOM-D C.

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1 Machine for Attaching Buttons'to Sale Cards.

` No. 224,583. Paten-ted Feb. 17,1880.

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Ne. 224,583. Patented Feb. 17, 1880.

UNITED STATE- S PAT-ENT Ostrich.

FRANCIS W. YOLOUGlilOF SPRINGFIELD, MASS., ASSIGNOR TO NELSON O. NEWELL, OF `SAME PLACE, ANDA JOHN O. DIOKINSON,` OF NEW YORK,

MACHINE FOR lATTACHING` BUTTONS TO SALE-CARDS.

`SPECIFICA'JJIOlSi'` forming part of ,Letters PatentI No. 224,583, dated February 17', 1880.

` Application led October 31, 1879.

To all 'whom t .may concern.:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS W. CLoUaH, acitizen of the United States', residing at Springfield, in the icounty of Hampden and State `of Massachusetts, :have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Attaching Buttons toSale-Oards, of which ithe tollowing is a specification.

My invent-ion relates to that" class of rmachineswhich are employed by button mannfacturers for attaching buttons to sale-cards `by passing a wire staple Athrought the holes in the buttons and lthrough the .card `to which through said button fand card, following the holes-pierced by said needles; Lofdevices which clinchthelegs of said staple undersaid card, `and of card-feeding deviceswhich move the `button-.card under said need1es,;so that the buttons are attached :thereto in .uniform :par-

` allel rows across said card, as willbe hereinafter specifically described, reference beingihad to the accompanying drawingsyin which like figures and letters refer to like parts in the different figures. *s

. Figure 1 is afront elevation ofmy machine.

Figs. `Zand 3 are side elevations of the same.

. move it under` the needles. of the Gardfeedingdevices.

` Fig. 4 is a view of `t-he button-feed devices. Fig. 5 is a plan -viewof the button-feed `arm inposition over a button. Fig. `(itis a viewzoi' the button-card `table and of` ithedevices which of the button-carddeed-arm and its pivot-support. Fig. 9 is a `longitudinal section cfa portion of the button-card table, showing a piece of `card thereon and the positionof the `feed-arm under it. Figl() is a viewof 4gthe presserfootand bar, needles and needle-baaand staple former and pusher in their assembled positions, and showinga portion `of `the main shaft and the cams, levers, and springs which Fig. 7 is a view. Fig. Sis a view give movement to the pressenfoot bar, the

Fig. 11 5o isa vertical section of the lower end of the i staplefpusher, and the staple-former.

needle-bar, showing the positions of the staple former and pusher therein. Fig. 12 .is a view, partly in section, of the lower `end olf the needle-bar and needles,the staple-.former with a 55 bent stapleon it and its socket-block, the staple-pusher, and a portion ofthe wire-.cutter with a piece of wire therein. Fig. 13 shows a finished staple. Fig. 14 is a side elevation of the wire-feeding devices, showing the man- 6o ner `in `which they are operated by a cam on i the main shaft and a lever, with the wire shown leadingthrough the above-named feed devices into the` wire-cutter, which is shown pivoted behind `the needle-bar, the latter, with the 645 staple pusher and former, being shown in their relative positions to the wire-cutter... Fig. 15 is aview ofthe needles, showing `longitudinal grooves therein, in which a formed staple is shown in the act of being ca1ried-down be- 7o tween .them by the staple-pusher. Fig. 16 is a transverse section (enlarged) of the` needles and staple through theline m x, Fig. 15. Fig. 17 shows a piece of button-card, a staple, and

a button between the staplepusher on one 75 side and the staple-fastening devices on the other, and the mechanism by which `the latter devices are operated. Fig. 18 shows `the construction, in detail,.of the staple-spreader.

. Fig. 19 is a` plan view of the button-cup and 8o intermediate table between it andthe buttoncard table. Fig. 20 is asideelevation, partly insection, of the lower end of the needle-bar, showing the groove in the side ofthe vertical passage therein leading into the groove in the '8 5 needle.

The devices in this .machine which operate in succession to accomplish the purpose-,of its construction are, almost without exception, each series of them, actuatedindependently by 9o or fromtwo principal shafts of the mechanism, and `hence the construction, combination, and application of said devices, together with their- `relations to their `main actuating devices, yare much more clearly illustrated by having each series shown in detail, as they are herein, `than it would be were reference made in the description thereof' principally to the drawings of a complete machine.

A novel feature of this machiney is that the downward movements of the parts which perforate the card for the staple, hold the button in place, and put the staple through the button and-card are produced by devices whose actuating' power is limited to such a degree of force asis required for'said operations, and any resistance that may he accidentally interposed between them and the work greater than that required for the latter does not tend to injure such parts ofthe machine.

The successive movements of the various parts of this machine in attaching buttons to a card and in causing the necessary change of position of said card relative tothe needles and staple-fixing devices to cause the buttons to be attached in rows across said card are as follows, viz: rotary motion of the button-cup, lifting ofthe staple-pusher 5 downward movement of the button-feeding arm, downward movement of the presser-foot bar, backward movement ofthe staple-former; forward movement ofthe staple-former; upward movement of the presser-foot bar; forward movement of button-feed arm to carry the button under the needles simultaneously with the movement of the button-card table forward or back 5 upward movement of the needles, forward movement of the wire-feed, pushing the end of the wire over the top of the staple-former; let-go and back movement of wire-feed; continued upward movement of the staple-former into thc staple-former socket to form the staple; downward movement of the presser-foot and backward movement of the staple-former; upward and backward movement of the button-feed arm, downward movement of the needles, followed by the downward movement of the staple-pusher; upward movement of the staplespreader, followed by the upward movement of' the staple-former; downward movement of the staple-fastener and spreader, and at the end of each row of buttons across the card.

Operation of the button-card feed to more the card longitud/ually- The operative parts of this machine are constructed, combined7 and arranged to operate together to affix buttons to sale-cards in rows upon said cards. rEhe operator is only required to insert a line of staple-wire into the wire-feed, place a button-card on the machine, and to place buttons, one at a time, upon the button-cu p, when the machine will operate automatically to place saidV buttons on the card, make a staple, and with it to fasten each button upon the card independent of the others, placing them in rows across the B is the main shaft, on one end of which is shown a hand-crank. In an operative machine an ordinary belt-pulley is applied in place of said crank.

Shaft B carries on its opposite end a crank, f, connected by a connecting-rod, d', with a pawl-lever, e8, arranged to oscillate on shaft C, and having pivoted on one side of it a pawl, d4, with a spring, i, arranged to bear upon it. Shaft B carries also upon it pulley, b, driving, by a belt, as shown, a pulley, b', on shaft D, hanging transversely under frame A, and also eight cams-viz., e, a', a?, (t3, a4, a5, a, and a7.

Shaft C carries upon it the pawl-lever 08, above mentioned, and has fixed to it a ratchetwheel, d3, )rovided with teeth, as shown, of' irregular circumferential length, acam, a8, and grooved crank-plate f4. The centrallylocated frame 11 on the top of frame A, which supports the' needle-bar and presser-foot bar and their immediately-connected devices, is perforated transversely, and shaft B, bearing the aforesaid cams, passes through said frame. Frame 1l thus provides pivot-bearings for certain levers among others, which reach from back of shaft B forward and over cams on said shaft to operate'certain devices, as will be hereinafter more fully explained.

The construction and application of various parts of the machine, both in respect to their separate and combined action in performing the above-mentioned successive operations to affix buttons to a card, are as follows, viz.: The rotary motion of the button-cup 19, into which the buttons are placed one by one by the operator, iauses the button to be revolved in a horizontal plane under the end of a feedlever, 20, in which are pins 2l, arranged to project into the holes in the button when the latter, in its revolutions, brings'said holes under said pins. The position of the button relative to said lever is seen in Fig. 5. Said button-cup is made concave, as shown in Fig. 4, and in that figure are shown the devices connected therewith.

A shaft is supported under frame A, on each end of' which is a pulley, b b2, and said shaft is driven, as shown, by a belt from shaft B. Pulley b2 drives, by a belt shown in Figs. 2, 3, and 4, a vertical shaft, D, running on a pulley, b3, on said sha-ft, which shaft is stepped in a support, 8, and has a bearing in frame A. O'n the top of said shaft D is located the buttoncup, partly surrounded by a low fixed rim ris- IOO IIO

ing above its upper surface, which is open on The downward movement of the button-feedvformer rises up into a socket in block ales to throw the former forward.

mgarm 20, to causepins 21 to more surely engage in the holes inthe button, as aforesaid, is produced bya spring, t', on vertical shaft H, which carries said arm on its upper end. Said shaftH is supported in frame A and in sup port S thereon, and its lower end is stepped in the end of lever e.

The button-ieeilin g arm is made flexible, so'

that it may `not press too forcibly upon a button that may be of unusual thickness. The shaft H has a vertical and reciprocating rotary motion.l The tirst isgiven `to it b v said lever c', which is pivoted under frameAon support 9, and itsend opposite to shaft H is arranged to engage with the lower end of a cam-post, e, which extends upward from said lever to and under a cam, a, on shaft B, so that lthe rota-` tion of `said shaft depresses said post and causes lever c to lift `shaft H, compressing spring i between frame A and a crank,f3, on said shaft. Thus when cam a allows post e to riseup spring 'il draws shaft H and arm 20 down. l i s The downward `movement of the presserfoot bar is effected by the action ot" spring 4 thereon, as shown inwFigs. l, 2, and l0. Said presser-foot bar isslotted vertically, as shown, and secured against thel side of frame ll by pinswhich pass through said slots into said frame.` 0n the bottom` end of said bar is secured the lpresser-foot o', consisting ot' two metallic rods gdescending.vertically side by side,`

but separated from `each other and having their lower ends bent at right angles over the;

`button-card table. Before the said bar moves down, carrying said presser-foot, the button has, by arm 20, been placed on the card under said foot, and thelaiter descends and holds i it, while other devices, as will be hereinafter described, fasten on `the button.

i 4rlhe forward movement of the staple-former o3 in the needle-bar o2 presupposes the pres-` ence over said former of a piece of wirey to forni a staple from, and the operation of the devices which place said wire there `will tbe described farther on, and `immediately following will `be described those which operate to move the staple-former forward. s

In Figs. l, l0, l2, and 14E are shown the end ofthe staple-ibriner `o3, over which the piece of y wire which formsthe staple is bent as said 3d on frame l1. i

` In Figzll` is shown the lower end of the` needle-bar in vertical section, showing the manner of hanging said staple-former therein, its general form, and a spring, 0G, which oper- On the front side of frame ll is pivoied, as seen in Figs. l, 2, 3, and l0, an elbow-lever,

o", in which is set a pin, 010, extending backV by the side ot' the needle-bar. `Said pin om is in contact with the edge of` the long vertical y arm (see Fig. ll) of the staple-former above its pivot-point, .for spring o presses `it out to that positionwhen` unobstructed by the position of said pin o1", which has a movement to and from the side of the needle-bar, as will be hereinafter described. p

The presser-footbar, whose downward movement has just been described, has in its front edge a pin, o8, `and in descending said` pin strikes the horizontal arm `of lever' o7, causing its vertical arm to carry pin om against the outer edge of the said arm ofthe staple-former, and causing the latter to retire within the needie-bar.

Immediately that the presser-foot bar begins to dise,` as hereinafter described, pin o1" releases its pressure upon the arm ofthe stapleformer. letting spring o6 operate to throw the staple-form er forward.A

rlhe presser-foot bar is lifted up by the action of a lever, c, pivoted thereto and onto the side of frame 1l, and whose opposite end extends` out under a cam, a2, on shaft B, which, revolving against said lever, operates to raise said bar, and at a certain point in its revolution to free it, letting spring i4 press said bar down, as above set forth.

The presser-foot having been lifted from the i button-card the forward `movement of the button-card feed-arm takes place as follows: As heretofore mentioned, a crank, f3, is attached to the shaft H. Pivoted to said crank is one end ot a connecting-rod, d2, and the other end of said rod is pivoted to the `lower end ofa vertical lever, c, Figs. l 2 4, which is pivoted to the side of frame 11, and itsupper end extendsup back of a cam, af, on shaft B, which, revolving, operates said lever to swing the button-feed arm forward.

The movement of the button-card table let forwarder back, which occurs simultaneously with the forward movement of arm 20, causes the spot on the card where the next button is to be fixed to be` brought under the needles. Said tablelies on the top offrame A, across it, and is arranged thereon in a fixed position transversely by proper` guides, but it has an intermittent longitudinal movement backward and forward successively. The extent of said `intermittent movements can be varied as may tudinal center line ot the latter, together with V said graduation-marks, help to get the card in proper position on the table, when the said guides 15 can be adjusted to the edge ofthe card bymeans of the screws which secure them in the grooves. An opening through said table, nearly across it, under the needles, is made, as shown, to allow the operation of staple-fixing devices directly under the IOO IIS

card, 'and a second opening therein, larger than the irst-named one, between the latternamed one and the said graduation-marks, as seen in Fig. 6, provides for the free approach to the under side of the card of devices to feed said card longitudinally on the table, as will be hereinafter described. Over the said larger opening inthe table is secured a flexible metallic plate, 17, whose ends reach over the edges of said opening and are slightly deiiected toward the center, so that when the card slides between said plate and the table the plate will exert a slight frictional resistance to the movementof the card. Said plate 17 serves also to hold the card against the upward pressure of the feed devices, which operate under it. A steady-arm, 23, is secured to the under side of said table and extends back in frame A, for the purpose of causing the table to move on the frame without tip-v ping or binding.

0n the rear edge of said table isv fixed a post, 24, to which is pivoted the end of a connecting-rod, d, the opposite end ot' which has a crank-pin box, It, fitted to it, so that it may have a longitudinal movement in a rectangular opening in said rod without moving the rod, as seen in Fig. 2. Through portions of said rod d, at each end of said opening, are arranged adjusting-screws h' and h2, for the purpose of giving to said crank-pin box such a degree of movement in said rectangular opening as may be required for the purpose hereinafter described. Said crank-pin box It is connected to a properly-fitted block behind it, which is fitted adjustably to a dovetail groove across the face of a crank-plate. f4, secured to shaft G, so that by moving said block in the groove in said crank-plate the length of stroke'given thereby to connecting-mdd may be varied at pleasure. On shaft C is also secured a ratchet-wheel, d3, having cut around its periphery teeth of irregular circumferential length, as seen in Figs. 2, 3, and 6, and bythe side of said ratchet-wheel upon said shaft C is placed a pawl-lever, arranged, as hereinbefore described, to operate a pawl, d4, upon said ratchet-wheel.

The successive intermittent backward and forward movements of table 14 are produced as follows, viz: As hereinbefore explained, shaft C, to which is secured the crank-platef4, is revolved intermittently by the action of pawl-lever e8 and pawl d4 upon vratchet-wheel 01.3. In order that the buttons may be set at regular distances apart in the rows across the card it is necessary th at the movements of the table 14 under the needles be of equal length.

lt is obvious that such would not be the case it' each movement of pawl d4 caused the same degree of rotation in ratchet-wheel d3, for the crank-pin h in crank-plate f4 does not at all points in its line of rotation impart to connecting-rod d a degree of horizontal movement equal to its degree of rotation. Therefore, since the segmental movementof the movements of the crank-pin h.

pawl is regular, the length of the teeth around the periphery of the ratchet-wheel is irregular, to compensate for the above-named irregular Thus it will he observed that when the crank-block groove in said plate has been brought around and left b y the ratchet-wheel in a vertical position, or nearly so, the next movement of the pawl will be against the base of a short tooth, and the nextone Will be against the base of a long one, and so on. Thus the rotation of said crank-plate is caused to move the table 14 regularly under the needles.

The construction of the end ot' connectingrod d to allow the crank-pin box to move freely in the rectangular opening therein for a certain distance is for the purpose of causing table 14 to rest an instant after each row of buttons has been set, to allow the card-feedin g devices to move the card upon the table to bring the line for the next row of buttons under the needles. This rest takes place as the crankpin is passing over nearly a horizontal line across the face of the crank-plate. A table,

y18, partly surrounding the button-cup 19, is

arranged between the latter and table 14, and extendingover onto it, upon which the buttons are carried by arm 20 on their way to their place on the card under the needles.

The needle-bar 02 is raised up by the action of cam a6 on shaft B, upon the under side of lever o7, one end of which is pivoted to the side of frame 11, and its opposite end is made to engage with a pin in the side of said needle-bar, as seen in Fig. 3.

The wire from which the staples are made is drawn from any convenient reel lnear the machine through a tension-block and lubricator, 12, Fig. 3, which is located in the rear of the wire-feeding devices. Said tensionbloek is made concave on its top side, to forni a receptable for some suitable lubricant for the wire, and secured upon said block is a dat spring, 13, arranged to cover the top of it and `permitA the wire to be drawn under it and in contact with said lubricant. The end ofthe wire r4 is drawn through said block and between the parts r and r at the bottoni of the groove in the latter, Fig. 14, and inserted into a wire passage in the wire-cutter o, as seen in the same figure.

After having placed the Wire, as above described, in the wire-feeding devices, they operate as follows to feed the wire forward so that its end will pass through said wire-cut- IOO IIS

ter and across the top ofthe staple-formerbefore the latter is lifted up,.as hereinhefore deseen, which `passes through a slotted passage in said piece into the frame 11; of a lever, c5, pivoted to frame 11 centrally,`with its lower forked end engaging with a pin in the side of niece r and its u i er end held against a cam l b 7 a3, on shaft B by a spring', i7.

Theposition of the above-named parts, as seen in Fig. 14, is that in which they are found before they make their forward movement to feed the wire, and the feeding of said wire is effected by the lrevolution of cam a3 againstlever c5, throwing back its upper end and swinging its lower end forward, carrying with it piece r', and the immediate effect upon `the latter is to cause it to lift up,as well as to move forward, by reason of the swinging up of `the two barst"2 toward a vertical position, carryingthebottom of its groove against the bottom edge of` the tongue on piece r, and graspingthe wire therebetween. As soon as piece r cornes to a bearing against the wire, piece r slides, with the former, between` guides r3, drawing the wire through box l2 and pushing it through the wire-cutter o2 over the staple-former o3.

The aforesaid wire-feed operations are immediately followed by the swinging of the wire-cutter 012 on its pivot, carrying the mouth of the wire-passage in its end next to the edge of block 30, Fig. 14, up by the edge of said block7 thus cutting off that portion of the wire which extends out over the wire former. The wire-cutter is operated to cut oftl the wire, as above described, by the upward motion of the pin 35, uxed in the needle-bar, against the underside of the curved arm of the wire-cutter. `A springgb, acts upon the wire-cutter to throw its cutting-edge down.

The wire-feeding devices `retire and take a position preparatory to another forward movement assoon as cam a? releases lever o5 by the aetionof spring i7 upon said level'.

A socket is formed in that portion of block 30, Figs. 12 and 14, which is directly over the staple-former o3, and in Fig. 12 is shown said 4block with its front portionfcut away, and

showing said former up above the bottom edge of said block. Thus, after a piece of wire, as aforesaid, has been cut oft' simultaneously with the movement of the staple-former up to the entranceof said socket, the central portion of the wire across said former is carried upward into the socket, and the ends ofthe wire bend downward between the sides of the former and the socket,thus forming a staple, as seen in Figs. 12, 13, and 15. The above-named operations are followe by the downward movement of the presserfoot, the backward movement of `the stapleformer, and the upward and backward movement ofV the button-feed arm 2Ul,`as already described.

The last-nam ed movements are immediately followed by the downward movement of the needle-bar through the action of spring 'i5 on lever c7, passing the needles ythronghxthe buttons and through the card, followed by the downward movement ofthe staple-pusher 04.

The needles o5 are set one on each side of an opening down through the horizontally-projecting end ofthe needle-baro?, as seen in Figs. 14 and 12. Said needles, two in number, have a groove cut in each one of them longitudinally, and the sides of the above-named opening in the needle-bar are grooved to correspond with the groove in each needle, and the latter are soset in the bottom end of the needle-bar that the said grooves in the sides of the openingin the needle-bar lead into those in the needles, as shown in Fig. 20.

In Fig. 12 is shown a staple formed in the staple-socket, and, just above the staple, the lower end of the staple-pusher. The legs of the staple, as se'eu in saidgure, are formed in the said grooves inthel socket, and upon the retirement of the staple-former, as aforesaid,from under the staple the staple-pusher drives the staple down, guided by the grooves in the needles, through the button and through the eard,as seen in Fig.17. The staple-pusher o4 is thrown down by the action of spring- 8 on the top of lever c6, as already partially described. At this stage of operations the -staple is found driven through the button and the card,and before the staple-fastening devices act the points of the needles rise slightly out of their way by the action of cam al on shaft B upon lever 07when they remain momentarily stationary, and the staple-pusher holds down the staple while the said fastening devices act.

The staple-fastening devices are shown in detail in Figs. 17 and 18. They are operated by the action of a cam, a5, on shaft B to drive down' a camp-post, c', working vertically in frame A thereunder, the bottom end of which is pivoted to one end of a lever, c2, which is' pivoted upon support 10 under said frame, as

seenin Fig. 3. The deflection of lever c2, to-

which cam-post e is pivoted, swings the opposite end of said lever up against the bottomof a hollow post, s', which is arranged to `move IOO IIO

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vertically in aguide-box, s, up toward the under side ofthe button-card 45, as seen in Fi g.17. The upper end of post s is bored out, and has fitted therein, as seen in Fig. 18, a staplespreading pin, s2, which rests in said post s upon a spring, i2. The side of post s is perforated, so as to permit of passing a steadypin, s3, through it into pin s2, to prevent the latter from turning around in post s,bnt allowing it to have a free vertical movement. l The above-,described devices operate to fasten the staple under the button-card as follows: `As soon asthe staple has been driven through `the button and-card,'as above de- IZO scribed, Ithe post s is, by devices already named, moved upward. rIhe end of the staplespreadingpin s2, beveled off on two sides, as shown, projects up above the end of post s, held there by the spring i2 under it. As post s moves upward pin s2 strikes its beveled sides against the legs of the staple, spreading them apart', as shown in Fig. 17. The spring t2 is made of the requisite strength to hold pin s2 up for this purpose, but not too great to prevent the card,with which pin s2 immediately comes in contact, from crowdin git down into post s', and thus the end of the latter is brought up against the partially-spread legs of the staple, pushing them up against the under side of the card and completing the staple-fastening.

A spring, 5,'is arranged to throw down post s as soon as cam a7 frees the end of campost e.

The button-card is placed upon table 14 after the latter has been adj usted for its recep- V tion, as hereinbefore described, by sliding it between guides 15 thereon, under plate 17, and under the needles and presser-foot. The table is set so as to have its longitudinal movements on frame A commence at the end of a button-row on acard, and the latter is entered upon the table so that the needles will begin to operate on the first row next to the end.

After the before-m entioned devices have operated to fix a row of buttons across the card, the-latter is caused to slide along onl the table far enough to cause the next row of buttons to be set at a proper distance from the.

former one by the operation of the devices illustrated in Figs. 7, 8, and 9.

An elbow-lever, c, is hung on support 9, which runs transversely across the under side of frame A, under table 14, so that the end of its vertical arm reaches up toward the under side of the button-card within the larger opening in said table hereinbefore mentioned, as seen in Fig. 17. Said elbow-lever is pivoted in support 9, as seen, so that it can rock on its pivot and have a longitudinal motion on support 9 and under table 14.

At right `angles to the long arm of lever c9 .and under it, as shown in Figs. 3 and 7, is

hung on support 7 and on frame A a rocks'haft, E, having upon it an upwardly-projecting arm, c1, slotted at the top, as shown, and

' arranged to engage with a pin, c, projecting from the side of arm e9. j

Secured also to shaft E is a horizontallyprojecting arm, f2, to the end of which is pivoted the lower end of a vertically-operating cam-post, c2, which is driven downward by a cam, a7, on shaft B. A properly-arranged spring throws up the end of arm f2 when post e2 is freed from the action of cam a7.

Arranged to lift up Linder the end of lever cg, as seen in Fig. 7, is a lever, c3, pivoted on frame A and running back under a twopointed cam, a, on shaft C, and under lever c3 is arranged a spring, @'10, as shown.

rEhe above described devices operate together to feed the button-card along on table 14 as follows: Cam a8 is arranged to operate once every half-revolution of shaft C-that is to say, just before the commencement of a new row of buttons-to depress the end of lever c3 .feed parts are disengaged from it, as above mentioned.

What I claim as myinvention is- 1. In a machine for attaching buttons to sale-cards, the button-cup surrounded by a border projecting above its face and open on one side, as shown, and arranged to hohl and revolve a button, in combination with the feedarm adapted to carry the button from said cup onto a button-card, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. The flexible button-feed arm provided with pins to enter the holes in a button, and arranged to have a vertical and a reciprocating rotaryvmotion, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. The combination, with shaft H and the button-feed arm 20, of spring Ii, lever c', campost e, and cam a., substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of the table 18 and the table 14, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. 'Ihe table 14, having openings therein, as shown, and provided with transversely-adj ustable guides 15, and having the graduationmarks 16 across its face, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. The plate 17, secured upon table 14, and adapted to bear slightly upon the button-card as the latter passes under it, in combination with said table, substantially as and for the purpose described.

7. The combination, with table 14, of the steady-arm 23, secured thereto and extending longitudinally in frame A, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

8. In combination, thecrank-platef, adapted to revolve intermittently and with varyiu g degrees of rotation and to move table 14 in opposite directions, the connecting-rod d, and said table 14, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

9. The crank-plate f4, to carry the crank-pin h at different distances from its center, in combination 'with the connecting-rod d andthe table 14, substantially as and for the purpose described.

10. The connecting-rod (l, provided with a Imme- IOO IIO

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the adjusting-screws h h2, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

' 11. The combination, With-the crank-plate f4, `of. the ratchet-wheel d3, having teeth of irregular circumferential lengthcut around its periphery, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

. 12.` rlhe combination, with the ratchet-wheel d3, having teeth of irregular circumferential lengthcut aroundits periphery, of the pawllever c, provided with pawl d4, and arranged to oscillatewith regular movements by the side of said ratchet-wheel, substantially as and for the purpose described.

13. The presser-foot adapted to hold the button on the card while the button-feed arm rises and moves away from it, combined with the staple-spreader and staple-fastener, and adapted to holdv the button while the latter completes the fastening thereof uponthe card, substantially as set forth and shown.

` 14. The combination, in a `machine for attaching buttons to sale-cards, of the mechanism, substantially as shown, for lifting the presser-foot bar and presser-foot up from the card, and of a spring to press it down, substantially as and for the purposeset forth.

15. In combination, the needle-.bar o2, adapted to `be lifted by mechanism substantially as shown, and to be pressed downward by a spring, and the two needles to pierce the `button-card, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

16. The combination of the needle-bar, the staple-former to bend the staple and the stapleformer socket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. f

17. The combination, with the needle-bar, of

. presser-foot bar o, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

19. `The needle-bar o2, provided at its lower end with a vertical passage, as shown, having grooves on two sides thereof to guide the staple on its downward passage, and having two longitudinally-grooved needles fixed in said needle-bar and adapted to receive the staple between their grooved sides as it makes its exit `from said `grooved passage, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

20. In combination with the needle-bar provided with the vertical passage having grooves on two sides thereof and two longitudinallygrooved needles located below said passage, the staple-pusher o4, substantially as" and for thepurpose described.

21. The combination, with the staple-pusher o4, `of the mechanism, substantially as shown,

for lifting it upfrom the button, and of aspri ng for moving it down against the staple, sub stantially as and for the purposefset forth.

, 22. The wirecutter, arranged with a Wirepassage through it, asshown, and toont off the staple-wire, combined with-the staple-former adapted to carry said cutivwire to a bending,

socket, substantially as described.

23. The wire-cutter,pivoted to frame 11, and arranged to be operated by the upward movement of the needle-bar and by spring 36, substantially as and for` the purpose set forth.

24. The combination, with the wire-cutter pivoted to frame 11, and provided with a wirepassage through it, of the needle-bar and of the block 30, to co-operate with said wire-cutter to cut off the staple-wire, substantially as set forth.

25. 'Ihe combination, with the wire-cutter arranged to receive and cut of the wire, of the horizontally-operating wire-feeding blocks i and r', to gripe and pushthe wire along, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

26. ln combination with the tongued feedblock r and the grooved feed-block r', ar-

and for the purpose ranged between the guide-strips r3, and proand r', the spring t9, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

28. The tension and lubricating block 12,-

located in the rear of the wire-feeding devices and provided with a springlcover, 13, substantiall y as and for the purpose described.

29. In combination, the staple-spreader, to rise toward the under side of the card between the legs of the staple, and the staple-fastener to follow the staple-spreader, to carry the legs of the staple against the under side of the card, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

30. The combination, with the staple-fastener s, of the staple-spreader s2, spring i2, and pin s3, substantially as and for the purpose described.

31. The combination, with' the staple-fastener, of the lever c2, post e', cam a5, and spring t', substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

32. In combination, the presser-foot and the staple-pusher, to hold the button and the staple against the top of the card, and the staplespreader and staple fastener, to move up against the under side of the card beneath the button, substantially as and for` the purpose set forth.

33. The combination, with the button-card4 34C. The plate 17, located on table 14, over IOO IIO

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the button-card, and arranged to co-operate with the button-card feed-arm to slide the card on said table, substantially as set forth.

35. The combination, with the button-card feed-arm, of the rock-shaft E, provided with the armsv cl and f2, the cam-post c2, cam al, and spring i3, substantially as and for the purpose Set forth.

36. The combination, With the button-card feed-arm, of the lever o3 and cani a8, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

37. The combination, with the needle-bar, of the mechanism, substantially as shown, adapted to lift the needles away from the buttoncard While the staple-pusher holds the staple against the button and while the staple-fastening` devices are pressing up against the under side ofthe said card, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

38. The combination, in a machine for attaching' buttons to sale-cards, of the buttoncup to receive and revolve the bnttomofl the button-feed arm to carry the button from said cup onto the card, of mechanism to form a staple from Wire, of l[he grooved needles to pierce the card and to form guides to direct said staple through said card, of the staplepusher to drive down the staple between the needles, and of the staple-spreader and staplefastener, substantially as set forth.

39. The combination, in a machine'for attaching buttons to sale-cards, of the table to hold and carry the card transversely between the button-attaching devices and of the feedarm to carry the card longitudinally between the button-attaching devices, substantially as set forth.

FRANCIS W. GLOUGH.

Witnesses:

H. A. CHAPIN, WM. H. CHAPlN. 

